The Five (US) Special Operations Forces Truths

Competent Special Operations Forces cannot be created after emergencies occur.

Most special operations require non-SOF assistance (forgotten since 1989(ish), but resurrected in 2009).

Adapted from the SOF Imperatives noted in a 1987 report for a House Armed Services Committee, United States and Soviet Special Operations, by retired US Army Colonel Johns Collins working in the Congressional Research Service.